MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 11 - 18, 2007 Edition Books-A-Million Sees Fractional Holiday sales Gain BIRMINGHAM, AL/1/4/07—Books-A-Million, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:BAMM) January 4 announced that sales for the nine-week period ended December 30, 2006, totaled $124.5...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 11 - 18, 2007 Edition Borders Group Sees ’06 Increase In Holiday Sales ANN ARBOR, MI/1/8/07—Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) January 8 reported sales results for the nine-week holiday period ended Dec. 30, 2006. At $1.1 billion, total...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 11 - 18, 2007 Edition Barnes & Noble ’06 Holiday Sales Growth Down From 2005 New York, NY/1/8/07—Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, on January 4 reported slower holiday sales than expected...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 11 - 17, 2007 Edition Oregon Writers Publishers Earn Literary Grants Portland, OR/1/11/07—Literary Arts, an Oregon-based nonprofit literary organization, has announced the recipients of the 2006 Oregon Literary Fellowships....

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 11 - January 18 , 2007 Edition Breaking News Plethora of New Indy Bookstores Open in 2006 Tarrytown, NY/1/8/2007—American Booksellers Association recently reported that 96 ABA member bookstores opened for business in 2006. The 2006 new...

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition Bravo Acquires Emmy-Winning Series Taxicab Confessions NEW YORK, NY/1/2/2007—Bravo last week announced the acquisition of nine episodes of the Emmy Award-winning docu-drama series Taxicab Confessions in a...

GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition 50 Cent and MTV Books to Launch G-Unit Books NEW YORK, NY/1/2/2007—Following on the heels of his New York Times bestselling autobiography From Pieces to Weight , hip hop heavyweight 50 Cent is expanding his...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition AMS Bankruptcy Filing Affects Book Publishing Unit Too SAN DIEGO, CA/1/2/2007—Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. (AMS) (Pink Sheets: MKTS), a leading provider of customized merchandising, wholesaling and...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition Half Price Books Opens Internet Remainder Site for Resellers DALLAS, TX 1/2/2007—Wholesalers, booksellers and retailers worldwide will now be able to order remaindered books from a new online source. Half...

MAIN NEWS HEADLINES January 04 - January 11 , 2007 Edition Dorchester Beefs Up Thriller Line, Adds Doctor Books NEW YORK, NY/1/2/2007—Dorchester, the oldest independent mass market publisher in America, and widely known for its romance, horror and Western titles, has...